Alpha Lighting System, Mariam Petrosian share Serj Tankian's $5,000 prize
Despite doubts raised in the Armenian press that he does not qualify for the post due to citizenship issues (a candidate must have held citizenship of only Armenia during the preceding six years), Sarkissian met with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan today and accepted the nomination.
The Armenian government has given the green light to Armenian Oil and Gas LLC, a company mainly owned by Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan, to explore for oil and natural gas in the first and the third sectors in Armenia, which include the provinces of Shirak, Lori and Tavush.
In a statement, Minister Tonoyan stressed the importance of the cooperation between the two ministries and invited Minister Puchkov to Armenia in December of this year to attend ceremonies marking the 30th anniversary of the 1988 Spitak Earthquake.
Now, only 90 children attend the kindergarten. Yesayan says they enjoy attending despite the conditions, and always ask her when it’s going to reopen.
Hrayr Tovmasyan, who chairs the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs and Protection of Human Rights in Armenia’s parliament, will renounce his membership in the ruling Republican Party of Armenia in order to qualify for appointment to the Constitutional Court.
The phenomena of migrant work and emigration among the Armenians of Bitlis Province